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NASB | Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel." [Gal 4:4] |
Bible Question: Why did Jesus call Mary 'woman' and not mother? Was it a Jewish custom for men to refer to their mothers that way? |
Bible Answer: Twice Jesus addressed his mother Mary as 'woman' -- at the wedding at Cana in John 2:4 and from the cross in John 19:26. Word scholars who look into such things tell us that the word Jesus used which comes to us translated as 'woman' was not as cold and distant as it sounds in this context to modern readers of English. Instead, the word as Jesus used it was a title of respect, much akin to our word "lady." Some commentators have suggested that Jesus did not address Mary as "mother" because she had to recognize Him not so much as a son that she had raised but as the promised Messiah, the Son of God. Even though Mary gave birth to Jesus, she stood in as much need of a Savior as any other human being. --Hank |